20 Years On, Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Is One Of The Most Impactful Movies Of All Time
For better or for worse, superhero cinema is everywhere these days. Spider-Man: Far From Home was still in theatres in January, and we've seen The Batman, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and mighty mighty Morbius already in 2022. Firestarter is also being vaguely marketed as a superhero movie, despite categorically not being one, while Thor: Love and Thunder will be here soon, followed by Black Panther: Wakanda Forever from Marvel and Super Pets, Batgirl, and Black Adam from the DCEU. That's not to mention all of the TV shows which indelibly link to the MCU to keep an eye out for as well. Superhero cinema is the current king, as a glance at pretty much any box office record will show you, and it’s all thanks to Sam Raimi's Spider-Man.
Raimi's first venture into comic book movies turns 20 years old this month, which means it’s old enough to go to war and die for America and almost old enough to buy a Miller Lite. In many ways, it is the most impactful movie of the 21st century, and that makes it worth reflecting on.
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I saw all of the above superhero movies released this year in the cinema on their opening weekend. God help me, I even went to the special preview showing of Morbius ahead of its general release. Time waits for no Morb. I like superhero cinema. I enjoy most of it and the fun ride that it is, but it does feel as though the fabric of the cinema-going experience has been forever changed. Audiences used to be less switched on to how much money a movie had made, we never used to cheer on franchises like they were sports teams. There has been a recent bout of whining that the Academy Awards are outdated because they are out of
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